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Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 880 · 40 questions
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Tip (Show, don’t pad): Include: contact details (mobile, email, city), education and marks, skills, projects, activities and clubs, awards, languages, volunteer work. Leave out: bank details, your Aadhaar number, passwords, party selfies, other people’s marks, long life stories and anything made up. One page, one plain font; be ready to explain every line with a short example.

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  1. 1.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
  2. 2.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) built a rain gauge model
  3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
  4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
  5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
  6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
  7. 7.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
  8. 8.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
  11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
  13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
  14. 14.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
  15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
  16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
  18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team
  19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
  20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
  21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
  23. 23.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
  26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
  28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
  30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  31. 31.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
  32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
  33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%
  34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
  35. 35.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
  38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
  40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it

Answer key

  1. be ready to explain it
  2. built a rain gauge model
  3. skills like typing
  4. skills
  5. made-up marks
  6. skills
  7. your city and PIN code
  8. True
  9. leave it out
  10. languages you know
  11. your bank details
  12. your phone and email
  13. contact details
  14. one plain, clear font
  15. activities
  16. include it
  17. projects
  18. B.Com first year
  19. education
  20. your siblings’ marks
  21. leave it out
  22. made-up marks
  23. False
  24. True
  25. contact details
  26. volunteer work
  27. your Aadhaar number
  28. projects you did
  29. school and marks
  30. leave it out
  31. projects and activities
  32. school and marks
  33. Class 10 board: 88%
  34. education
  35. False
  36. your bank details
  37. a party selfie
  38. a party selfie
  39. your siblings’ marks
  40. include it

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